Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-17
u4,,areth Mining News.

Hauoin. Hearst and ]. M. Wilson, /
very important discovery has beer
made. It seems that gopher, while
DIGGING deeper into the earth, brough
to the surface some loose quartz con
tanning gold, which exposed to view
wire gold. From this hint the company
started to open mp the ground. and had
not gone far before fine two-foo
quartz ledge was discovered. The com.
pany has started to sink working
shaft upon the find.
McNally & Co. have openei up a
good body of ore in the White Rock
mine in Fine Gold District. Hereto
fore they have been sinking working
shaft, and only lately commenced drift.
ing to the ledge. They happened to hit
the pay shute few days ago.
The Buckeye mine, owned by Over
ton & Keller. is the extension of the
Rough aud Ready mine, and the face OF
the tunnel which they arc drifting looks
unusually we'll. From wall 10 wall the
ledge averages one and one.half feet in
ore that mills $2S per ton in coarse gold,
and the sulphurets in this prospect are
very high grade, assaying back from
the face of the tunue! thirty eight feet,
or IN average of 5000 per ton. The tun.
mel will tap the ledge in the working
shaft 100 feet. The ledge's dip ia 70
degrees.
The Patterson mine is the extension
of the noted Wilson Prospect, and the
owner has lately opened up fine two.
foot ledge that returns assay value OF
$40 per ton coarse gold. The sulphu-
rets. as usual on this lode, are exceed
ingly rich. MIR. Patterson has sent us
a piece of ore to place on exhibition at
Los Angeles among Fresno county's pro-
ducts.
The Wilson mine and ledge is i'm
proving as they attain depth in the shaft.
The ledge in this property has always
given satisfactory results by arastra from
the top to the present sump, and is con-
sidered by experts to be q fine property.
Wilson is liable to sell at any time. and
from the number of good prospects adjoin-
ing $50, 900 will not be considered high
figure, even at depth of seventy.five
feet. A ledge Of that length that will
prospect $40 to the ton (arastra work
ing) from surface to sump, and of an
average width from foot to hanging wall
good layout for company.
The Promontory mine. owned by James
Ryan and others, is a good proposition.
The ledge averages one and one-half feet,
and will prospect S25 per ton, while the
ledge matter increased between the walls
is four feet wide, and also prospects in
coarse gold. It has dip of 10 degrees.
Country formation is porphyry, tale and
clay.
The Bonanza Queen mine, that was
lately sold to Taylor 4 Frazer, has
turned out to be a very good investment.
The ledge and ledge matter prospects
well, is three feet thick, averages two
feet. and will mill fifty dollars per ton.
This lead also dips 70 degrees, and
bears north IA minutes east. The
owners have completed building the road
to the mine, and will commence work.
ing night and day shifts.
The Cascade Quartz mine is the oldest
mine in that section of Fresno Mining
District. and through its owners, the
the late discovery of the Bonanza
Queen, Promontory and Rough and
Ready mines. The Cascade Ledge own.
ers, who comprise at present the Baker
brothers and F. C. Scully of San Fran
disco, are drifting in on the ledge, which
is in seventy.five feet. The ledge at the
face is one and one. half feet, with clay
selvedges on each wall, being incased
with porphyry as country rock. The
tunnel will tap the ledge below the
sump Of tue working shaft l25 feet. The
ledge will mill thirty five dollars easy in
coarse gold, and the sulphurets will
average $500 per ton. The lode dips 20
degrees, aud bears north 20 degrees east.
The French Company have decided at
last to START up the Quartz Mountain
mine by sinking the shaft (which is on q
ten foot ledge) 200 feet deeper. in hopes
that the ledge will come in on higher
grade ore. At present the ore and ten
foot of ledge only average $l2 per ton.
The same size ledge in any other forma-
tion and location would bea good thing,
and if the ledge opens up at 200 feet
deeper $25 rock the company will have
use for their 6O.stamp mill. We hope
this development will prove successful.
and we will keep our readers posted
upon the weekly developments.
The Dahlonoga mine is the south ex-
tension of the Blue Streak mine, that
was lately bought by Haggin & Co. The
Dahlonoga property is, in fact, as good q
mining proposition as the Blue Streak,
having five-foot ledge from wall to
wall; and, to use tho expression Of John
@. Earl and other experts, it is as good
as the Haggin property. The present
depth of the working shaft is forty five
feet, on ledge that will mill from $50 to
$40 per ton Of good milling quartz. The
mine is favorably situated, and the com.
pany that succeeds in getting hold Of
this property will make most favorable
Investment.
Superintendent Wallis, of the Hill.
dreth mine, is having the water lowered
at fast rate, and inside of five days
the mine will be pumped dry. Miners
will be put to work sinking and drifting
to an advantage. All the levels contain
ore that have milled from $45 10 $65 per
ton, and some very rich nuggets have
been brought to the surface during the
life and management Of the late Thomas
Hildreth. This property is considered
. good one, and the company that buys
it will undoubtedly erect a 10 O-stamp mill.
Fred Zoller and Johnny johnson have
opened up good ledge at depth Of
fifty feet in the working shaft. The
ledge is one and one.half feet between
walls, and prospects very good in coarse
gold and sulphurets, and is considered
one of the best prospects in Hildreth
Mining District, and can be bought
judging by the development of ore in
sight at reasonable figure.
The George Mine is considered one oi
the best prospects in the section for the
amount of development done. The
ledge is incased in walls Of granite, aver
ages in size about one and one.half feet,
arastras $25 per ton aud has dil
of As degrees. The owners havs
run in a tunnel forty.five feet, and
thence from the face down forty-fiv feel
of winze. Last week Frank Ham
mack and A, Brant worked sixteen tons